Cecile Fresneau joined QBE as Executive Director of the UK in late January 2018. Prior to joining QBE, Cecile held senior roles with Zurich Insurance for close to 7 years, including Chief Underwriting Officer for Zurich’s UK General Insurance business from 2014 to 2018 and global Personal Lines roles based in Switzerland. Cecile has 16 years’ experience in insurance, initially as a strategy consultant with the firm Booz Allen & Hamilton (now Strategy&, the consulting arm of PWC) working on assignments in insurance M&A, Claims, Distribution and Underwriting, then taking on pricing, underwriting and strategy roles at Insurance Australia Group, based in Sydney.
Cecile has held positions on the supervisory boards of UK industry associations, including the Insurance Fraud Bureau and the Motor Insurance Bureau. Cecile is a graduate of French Business School ESSEC (Ecole Superieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) and holds a Masters of Business Administration from the AGSM (Australian Graduate School of Management).